EFG-Hermes, the biggest publicly-traded investment bank in Egypt and the Arab world, has found a potential partner after the battering its stock has suffered in Cairo’s political turmoil. Deep-pocketed Qatar may be coming to its assistance.
EFG and Qatar’s QInvest said in a statement on Monday that they are in talks to create a “strategic alliance”. While nothing is certain, investors are betting that something will come out of the discussions: EFG stock jumped 7 per cent.
The Egyptian company, has seen business dry up and its share price fall in half since protesters took to the streets of Cairo in January 2011.
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